"Queen Anne, early Georgian, and Chippendale styles often have cabriole legs, carved knees, and slipper or claw-and-ball feet. The fronts of some examples also are sculpted with the scallop-shell motif beneath the centre drawer. Another term for a dressing table equipped with mirrors is vanity and is used to applying makeup or fashion accessories. Lowboy A lowboy is an American collectors term for one type of dressing table, vanity, or duchess (Australian English). It is a small table with one or two rows of drawers, so called in contradistinction to the tallboy or highboy chest of drawers. Both lowboy and"
"Chest of drawers A chest of drawers, also called (especially in North American English) a bureau, is a type of cabinet (a piece of furniture) that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers usually stacked one above another. In American English a dresser is a piece of furniture, usually waist high, that has drawers and normally room for a mirror. In British English a dresser or a Welsh dresser has shelves in the upper section for storing or displaying tableware. Chests of drawers have traditionally been made and used for storing clothing, especially underwear, socks, and other items not normally hung in"
"hinged top, beneath which there are either two short drawers or one long one. This form, introduced in England in the 1600, was popular for 100 years in England and colonial America. Chest of drawers A chest of drawers, also called (especially in North American English) a bureau, is a type of cabinet (a piece of furniture) that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers usually stacked one above another. In American English a dresser is a piece of furniture, usually waist high, that has drawers and normally room for a mirror. In British English a dresser or a Welsh dresser has"
"doors, was speedily found to be not only capacious as its predecessor but more convenient of access. The topmost drawers of the tallboy could only be reached by the use of bed steps, and the disappearance of high beds and the consequent disuse of steps exercised a certain influence in displacing a characteristic piece of furniture which was popular for at least a century. In the mid-18th century, highboys in North America became very ornate. The most elaborate pieces came from Philadelphia. At that time it was one of the most important American cities, both before and after the American"
"chests typically have 3-4 drawers. Most are made from metal, but some have a plastic shell with metal drawers in order to help lighten the piece. A toolbox can also refer to a large tool storage system, or tool chest combos, that includes multiple pieces. These systems are almost always made from metal. Most tool storage systems are painted steel, but some are stainless steel and aluminum. They include a top chest that has drawers and a top lid that opens on a hinge. The top chest is designed to sit on a cabinet, also called a rolling cabinet, cart"
"or more doors, drawers, and/or shelves. Short cabinets often have a finished surface on top that can be used for display, or as a working surface, such as the countertops found in kitchens. A cabinet intended to be used in a bedroom and with several drawers typically placed one above another in one or more columns intended for clothing and small articles is called a chest of drawers. A small bedside cabinet is more frequently called a nightstand or night table. A tall cabinet intended for clothing storage including hanging of clothes is called a ""wardrobe"" or an ""armoire"", or"
"Hope chest A hope chest, also called dowry chest, cedar chest, trousseau chest or glory box is a piece of furniture traditionally used to collect items such as clothing and household linen, by unmarried young women in anticipation of married life. The term ""hope chest"" or ""cedar chest"" is used in the midwest or south of the United States; in the United Kingdom, the term is ""bottom drawer""; while ""glory box"" is used by women in Australia. Using her own needlework skills to construct a trousseau and stock her glory-box ""was for the working girl the equivalent of planning and"
"with a hinged lid. It may or may not have stood on feet. An early transitional phase was the installation of one drawer beneath this main compartment. A number of early pieces from the seventeenth century are extant of oak manufacture from England, and corresponding seventeenth century pieces of French walnut have survived. Some of the early surviving English specimens are from the Charles I period. Nutting ascribes the earliest piece in his Furniture Treasury to ""before 1649"". Mule Chest: A chest commonly wider than it is high and deep. A mule chest has drawers in its base and a"
"of the smaller chest. The early examples are walnut, but by far the largest portion of the many that have survived are mahogany, this being the wood most frequently employed in the 18th century for the construction of furniture, especially the more massive pieces. Occasionally the walnut at the beginning of the vogue was inlaid, just as satinwood varieties were inlaid, depending for relief upon carved cornice-mouldings or gadrooning, and upon handsome brass handles and escutcheons. The tallboy was the wardrobe of the 18th century, but it eventually gave place to the modern type of wardrobe, which, with its sliding"
"episodes.) Walnut succeeded oak as the favourite material for furniture, but hanging wardrobes in walnut appear to have been made very rarely, although clothes presses, with drawers and sliding trays, were frequent. During a large portion of the 18th century the tallboy was much used for storing clothes. A common feature was to base future size on the ""eight small men"" method. A considered good size double wardrobe would thus be able to hold within its capacity, eight small men. In the nineteenth century the wardrobe began to develop into its modern form, with a hanging cupboard at each side,"
"table that turned into a set of steps would also be useful in a larger house that did not want the steps constantly on view. It is often thought that the Wellington Chest must be a piece of campaign furniture because it was named for the 1st Duke of Wellington. The vast majority were not made with travel in mind as they have over hanging mouldings or bases etc. It is forgotten that Wellington also had a distinguished life away from the battlefield. The seven drawers (one for each day of the week) enabled him to organise his business as"
"the storage of food freezers, tools, bicycles, garden and outdoor equipment. The majority of continental European houses have cellars, although a large proportion of people live in apartments or flats rather than houses. In North America, cellars usually are found in rural or older homes on the coasts and in the South. However, full basements are commonplace in new houses in the Canadian and American Midwest and other areas subject to tornado activity or requiring foundations below the frost line. An underground crawl space (as the name implies) is a type of basement in which one cannot stand up—the height"
"Countries and imported luxury goods to the American colonies. As such they were often made of quality wood such as cherry, rosewood and ebony and paneled, carved or painted. Wardrobe A wardrobe or armoire is a standing closet used for storing clothes. The earliest wardrobe was a chest, and it was not until some degree of luxury was attained in regal palaces and the castles of powerful nobles that separate accommodation was provided for the apparel of the great. The name of wardrobe was then given to a room in which the wall-space was filled with closets and lockers, the"
"or otherwise stored in a closet. They are usually placed in a bedroom for this purpose, but can actually be used to store anything that will fit inside and can be placed anywhere in a house or another place. Various personal sundry items are also often stored in a chest of drawers. It has a long history as one of the stand-bys of a carpenter's workshop. A typical chest is approximately rectangular in overall shape and often has short legs at the bottom corners for placement on the floor. Chests of drawers often come in 5-, 6-, and 7-drawer varieties,"
"floor, covering the drawers as well as the sliding shelves, and were often fitted with mirrors. In the United Kingdom, a more affluent option is custom-fitted wardrobes, which are built around the size and shape of the room. Kas, kast or kasten (pronounced kaz) is a massive cupboard or wardrobe of Dutch origin similar to an armoire that was popular in the Netherlands and America in the 17th & 18th century. It was fitted with shelves and drawers used to store linen, clothing and other valuables and locked by key. They were status symbols and family heirlooms in the Low"
"wealthier American homes. Canterbury (furniture) A Canterbury is a low, open topped stand with slatted partitions, and a drawer beneath, sometimes with short legs on casters, designed for holding sheet music. Originally found in England during the 1780s, they were made in mahogany from about 1800, and later in rosewood and walnut. Later nineteenth century versions were sometimes taller, and were made in brass or combinations of metal and wood. According to Thomas Sheraton the reason for the name is that ""A bishop of the see first gave orders for those pieces"". By the 1860s, the Canterbury was considered a"
"is for a separate storage compartment - these cars are sold as 'two-door' or 'four-door'. This system is mainly used in Europe, and is less common in North America. In Europe, the American-style labelling is occasionally used. Usually in North America, cars are only sold as ""two-door"" or ""four-door"" models. This American-style labelling only includes the passengers' and driver's doors, and not hatches on hatchbacks and station wagons. This has led to many not understanding that hatches are counted as doors in Europe, whilst the lids to sealed trunks aren't. Some cyclists refer to colliding with an open car door"
"well as a middle space made up of hanging pegs and drawers, the latter being a latter-day addition, besides a clothes’ press in the higher central space on level with a person’s chest. Additionally, an armoire is a wardrobe that is wider than a grown adult's wingspan, while a wardrobe is smaller. The word ""wardrobe"" appeared in the English language in the early 14th century. It originated from Old French words ""warderobe"", ""wardereube"" and ""garderobe"", in which ""warder"" meant ""to keep, to guard"" and ""robe"" meant ""garment"". In the United States, the wardrobe in its moveable form as an oak"
"alternative etymology derives it from the name of a Persian town, Damghan, but there is no evidence for this. Carboys come in various volumes ranging from . The term carboy itself usually refers to a carboy, unless otherwise noted. A carboy is usually called a jug. A carboy is usually called a demijohn (in the Philippines, ""dama juana""). In Britain, ""demijohn"" refers to a 4.5 litre (imperial gallon) glass brewing vessel. Containers of this type in the United States have no specific volume and are called ""jimmyjohns"". In brewing, a carboy or demijohn is a glass or plastic vessel used"
"to buy the house with a dumbwaiter. When they finally got it, used it and broke it they decided to move into the other house that they currently live in throughout the show. Dumbwaiter A dumbwaiter is a small freight elevator or lift intended to carry objects rather than people. Dumbwaiters found within modern structures, including both commercial, public and private buildings, are often connected between multiple floors. When installed in restaurants, schools, hospitals, retirement homes or in private homes, the lifts generally terminate in a kitchen. The term seems to have been popularized in the United States in the"
"Carboy A carboy (or carbuoy), demijohn, or jimmyjohn is a rigid container with a typical capacity of . Carboys are primarily used for transporting liquids, often water or chemicals. They are also used for in-home fermentation of beverages, often beer or wine. The word ""carboy"" is from the Persian ""qarābah"" (قرابه), from Arabic ""qarrāba"", ""big jug"". ""Demijohn"" originally referred to any glass vessel with a large body and small neck, enclosed in wickerwork. The word presumably comes from the French ""dame-jeanne"", literally ""Lady Jane"", as a popular appellation; this word is first attested in France in the 17th century. An"
"space. Several of these furniture pieces were given various animal names. Each resident has a large, wheeled wardrobe (no closets in the brick rooms) called an ""elephant"" and thigh-high rolling case of drawers called an ""armadillo,"" which fits neatly under the desks. Occupants of the largest singles, called ""couches"" because they are large enough to accommodate such furniture, also have free-standing sets of shelving called ""giraffes."" The giraffe is so-named because the piece consists of a pole, which is pressed into the floor and ceiling and thus is position-adjustable, adorned with several shelves that protrude in one direction and only"
"or rollaway. The cabinet sits on four or more casters and has drawers to organize tools. Other pieces can be added to the system or combo. A middle chest, also called an intermediate chest, can be placed between the top chest and cabinet for extra storage. A side cabinet with more drawers can be hung from the side of a cabinet. A side locker can also be hung from the side of a cabinet; usually with a door that protects shelves or small drawers. Toolcarts (also known as rollcabs) are commonly used in the transportation industry for maintenance and repair"
"the William and Mary style. Panels, developed in the 1600s, were used for the seat, back, and (where used) arms, with trim and legs reflecting the new style. Leather seats were, however, sometimes added. Another innovation was the highboy. Essentially two chests of drawers, the lower slightly larger than the upper, American highboys often featured Solomonic or trumpet-shaped legs. It was somewhat common for the faces of the drawers to have a walnut burl veneer. The William and Mary style lasted past the mid-1700s in rural America, often incorporating both Mannerist and Queen Anne styles. Slats began to be used"
"Chest (furniture) A chest (also called coffer or kist) is a form of furniture typically of a rectangular structure with four walls and a removable lid, for storage. The interior space may be subdivided. The early uses of an antique chest or coffer included storage of fine cloth, weapons, foods and valuable items. It is a box with a hinged lid that can safeguard your personal items. Some chests are equipped with locking mechanisms or a metal band that a lock can be secured on. In Webster’s Dictionary 1988 version, a chest is defined as a “a box with a"
"English barn The English barn, or three bay barn, is a barn style that was most popular in the northeast region of the USA, but are the most widespread barn type in America. This barn type is, with the New World Dutch barn the oldest type and has been called the ""...grandfather of the American barn."" New barns in this style were constructed for over a century, from the 1770s through the 1900s. The early pioneers brought with them a barn design inherited from the first colonists. An average English barn measured thirty feet by forty feet and had a"
"Caboose (ship's galley) Caboose (also ""camboose, coboose, cubboos"" derived from the Dutch ""kombuis"") is a term used for a small ship's kitchen, i.e. galley, located on an open deck. At one time a ""caboose"" related to a smaller kitchen aboard a merchantman, while aboard a warship it was called a ""galley"". William Falconer's 1780 ""A Universal Dictionary of the Marine"" describes a caboose thus: ""a sort of box or house to cover the chimney of some merchant-ships. It somewhat resembles a sentry-box, and generally stands against the barricade on the fore part of the quarter-deck"". Sometimes the caboose was portable."
"Rincewind. Chest (furniture) A chest (also called coffer or kist) is a form of furniture typically of a rectangular structure with four walls and a removable lid, for storage. The interior space may be subdivided. The early uses of an antique chest or coffer included storage of fine cloth, weapons, foods and valuable items. It is a box with a hinged lid that can safeguard your personal items. Some chests are equipped with locking mechanisms or a metal band that a lock can be secured on. In Webster’s Dictionary 1988 version, a chest is defined as a “a box with"
"in 1992, the large breweries all agreed to use a longneck bottle of standard design (named AT2), thus replacing the traditional stubby bottle and an assortment of brewery-specific long-necks which had come into use in the mid-1980s. In the United States, large bottles are (colloquially called a ""bomber""or a ""deuce, deuce"" or ""double deuce""); the European, Canadian, and Australian standard large bottle is . In South Africa and Canada they are referred to as a ""quart""; in Australia they are known colloquially as a ""longneck"",""king brown"", ""tallie"", or simply a ""bottle"". A ""forty"" is American slang for a bottle commonly"
"has achieved significant merit within their position. A ""pall"" is a heavy cloth that is draped over a coffin. Thus the term ""pallbearer"" is used to signify someone who ""bears"" the coffin which the pall covers. Pallbearers in the US and Canada most commonly carry a casket by the handles, and at around waist height. In the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and most countries in Asia, the coffin is often carried on the shoulders. Pallbearer A pallbearer is one of several participants who help carry the casket at a funeral by wearing white gloves in order to prevent damaging the"
"end. In general terms these are called a ""transitional barn"" and show the transition between the two distinct styles. (Some English barns were later converted to gable entry and there is usually evidence where the old side-doors were located.) Some 19th-century barns found in other parts of the U.S. may have some similarities with the New England barn but are distinctly different. The Pennsylvania barn has doors on the sidewall like the English barn but is a larger, bank barn with the cows housed in the basement, and has one or more distinctive forebays (cantilevered walls). The New World Dutch"
"on the top roof of many buildings. Houses commonly have only one or two floors. Buildings are often classified as low-rise, mid-rise and high-rise according to how many levels they contain, but these categories are not well-defined. A single-storey house is often referred to, particularly in the United Kingdom, as a bungalow. The tallest skyscraper in the world, Burj Khalifa, has 163 floors. The height of each storey is based on the ceiling height of the rooms plus the thickness of the floors between each pane. Generally this is around total; however, it varies widely from just under this figure"
"Chifforobe A chifforobe (), also chiffarobe or chifferobe, is a closet-like piece of furniture that combines a long space for hanging clothes (that is, a wardrobe or armoire) with a chest of drawers. Typically the wardrobe section runs down one side of the piece, while the drawers occupy the other side. It may have two enclosing doors or have the drawer fronts exposed and a separate door for the hanging space. Chifforobes were first advertised in the 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue, which described them as ""a modern invention, having been in use only a short time."" The term itself is"